THE OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAL, PORTLAND. SUNDAY MORNING, JULY 17, 1904.
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, (Special DUtutr to The Joarssl.)
.- Vancouver, Wash., July Is. A new
and valuable Industry .may be started
Along the lower Columbia river, which
will be that of Catherine and pollening
' precious stonsa For some time paat
Mr. Albright who la now foreman at
the Star brewery, )n Vancouver, haa.
occupied his epare momenta in gather
ing IfiAklnv vuihKl ,1ahv the
Columbia river In and near Vancouver.
Mr. Albright la not A professional Ispl
dary, but ha took upon himself the task
'of a-rlnriln and flnlahinar aeveral of the
are many in hi poaaeaaion mat are not
as .valuable aa tha owner might wish.
. . . . . . , , . i
tha moat valuable gems ef thla charac
ter that can be) found anywhere on the
, globe.-
Thee 'atones have bean aubmltted In
their flnUhed etate to reputabla lapi
daries: and Jewelers, who have ' pro
nounced them to be gem of great
-'value. In his collection he has several
"'fine opals, amethysts, freeh-water pearls,
garnets and tha ilka. . Many of tha gams
. hsv been mounted. Soma of these he
still haa In his possession, and many
good profit.
. Bias have contemplates dredging tha Co-
, lumbla river for tha purpoaa of extract
ing gold from IDS Sanaa, ana many
companies have been organised with
this object in view. This haa been
'deemed feasible, and Is still being eon-
. aldered by several Minneapolis com'
tan lea.
This sold excitement has, perhaps.
. 'caused the overlooking of other valu
able industries that might be carried on
with' profit In thla portion of tha coun-
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several experienced lapidaries arrang
ing to tnveatlgata tha shores of the
, eoiumma river in inia vicinity, ana it
their expectations are realised a very
profitable Industry will no doubt be
. commenced here in tha near future.
' Treat Kills Crops. .
Later reports regarding tha damage
done ny me summer inmi in idi coun-
hn- 4Kb th. imm will IA milch
greater than was at first supposed. Not
only was -this damage Immense," but
"another frost occurred laat Wednesday
tilght In some sections that would com
pare with those that might be expected
' vicinity of Battle Ground whole fields
have been laid waste by frost Fields
" of corn and even tha already light crop
of grain and hay has been damaged un
til It will ba worthies. .
' In tha vicinity of Tacolt tha frost waa
so severe that even acres of ferns have
been completely killed and wilted away.
This condition haa cast a great deal
of gloom over tha farmers. The county
of Clarke depends slmost entirety for
its prosperous times on fruit crops and
. logging Interest a Tha prune crop.
vnicn UBU. u J jarsv, 11.. umu a.nuwn
lowing this all tha logging camps shut
down, and seeming that misfortune does
not come single-handed, - the hot and
, dry weather blaatad tha remaining fruit
and jeer sal crops -until there would at
tha test have been only one-third of a
-cr.pr and now, the last frost has even
taken theee prospects away In some
. communities.
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next sprlngT is a question many i
farmer is aaklng himself and hla neigh'
h.. A h. K.. m.nW than, .l.lm
'It Is Impossible to sell produce to tha
Vancouver merchanta for casty but It
fnusTVwaTi he takeaTnlrade; aridTfce
only merchants showing that favor to
the producers, are tha grocers. This
helnar so. thev state, it la difficult to
g L Hivm? J f I 111 W 11 11. II 1". u. J wm
and other such necessities, 'much less
psy taxea These ' tilings were bad
' enough In thCir way, but the pranka of
lack frost has even taken away rrom
many tha produce to trade the grocer.
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(Special Olipatch to The Jonrael.)
Pendleton, Or., July is. The reasons
for the lease of the Ooloonda mining
' properties at Sumpter and the securing
' of an option on tha stock by tha Oelser
Hendryx Investment company ' were
mwiv ..ivwu iuw mviuiiii. u ma ...
few months three eastern experts have
examined the mines and reported that
ore worth millions of dollars Is on the
lower level, but that It will coat
500,000 to develop them.
The last expert. W. McKlnney, was
sent by J. H. Eckels, former comptroller
of the currency, who . Is tha heaviest
stockholder. ' ; i
-' Tha company, having a lease and op
tion, will try to leave the lower level
before their period expires. The-Qol-conda
Extension company has a claim
and a fraction on the Cracker creek
mother lode, adjoining tha Goloonda
mine on tha west It Is figured that
there Is a spilt of the vein on the Qol
condA ground And that, tha extension Is
on one split - ' .......
Tha management Is bomposed of Port
land and Minneapolis capitalists snd Is
to install a. hoist of not leea than 1,000
leet capacity. Bee rotary 1 v. . Bwlg
gett of ' Minneapolis Is now on the
ground.
An Energetic Young Han., v
On page of this Issue In the adver
tisement of the Bslem Wooltn Mills
store Is tha photograph of Clifford
Zelgler. a bright young man living at
No. 881 Michigan avenue. Clifford la
the first who haa won tha distinction of
winning a suit of clothes offered by
tha Balem Woolen Mills stors for hust
ling bis friends to this stors for cloth
ing. He was early to take advantage
-of an offer made by the firm soma weeks
ago and by his diligence haa won.
Clifford distributed - cards among his
friends, who In turn dealt at the Balem
store. Each purchaaa was carefully re
corded snd entered to his credit His
rales have now amounted to nearly
110, which entitled him to a fine It
suit free. ' Tha firm announces they
still have more carda oh hand and offer
Portland boys tha opportunity of earn
ng a suit free by a few hours' wort
LANGFITT'S ESTIMATES
(Continued front Fags One.
Approximately 12M00 torts of stons
wss delivered under the emergency con
tract Tha Bugby quarry, from which
rock was obtained under the contract
la leased by the United States, and Its
development resulted In Its failure to
produce sufficient rock of the required
else at tha required rata or . caiivery,
and It therefore became necessary to
make A supplemental arreament reduc
ing tha quantity to be furnlehed under
the formal contract ror 475, uuo tona.
Tha report then recites tha modlflca
tlon of tha contract with tha Northwest
Construction company, and tha letting
of a new contract to tha Columbia. Con'
structlon company. . Iell varies by tha
latter . company began May if, io
sines when It had furnlehed up to June
to, 41.6&K tona The total amount of
stons delivered and dumped In the jetty
during tha fiscal year under the various
eontraota was 107, SIM ton AJTha. work
upon the jetty has Been " carriea on
under the Immediate supervision of O.
B. Hegardt Major Lanautt a aaalstsnt
The work of the goverament dredge
Chinook Is reviewed to some length.
Extensive repairs, were required sfter
she arrived At tha mouth of tha colum
bla. Comparatively little work upon
tha bar was dons by tha Chinook until
tha beginning of May. During May
and June aha worked a total of 40 days,
dredging and dumping 141,4(4 cublo
yarda of material. The coat of operat
ing waa about $10,000 a month. Tha
boilers of the Chinook will need re
pairs next winter and fe is recommended
that aha ba changed Into an oil-burner.
Tha coat of thla change and of repairs
vrtll.be about ilOO.ooo. .
- Bnrrey of tha Ban.
A survsy Df tha bar made last month
show no radical changes alnce tha ex
amination In .January. Tha report aaysi
"The channel depth la at moat one
foot greater, 'or 21 feet at the . average
of the lower' of tha low water, . The
nrlnnlnAl anit msn Imnartant h a n rM
fthat have occurred alnoa the survey of
June, -1901, are a alight movement sea
ward of ths- 14 feet Inner and outer
curves of tha bar, the extension seaward
of Peacock Bplt on a nearly atraight
lias from Band island, and the building up
and seaward movement of Clatsop spit
on ths north, side of ths Jetty."
Indications are noticed that the chan
nel is gradually breaking through the
bar. ' Apparently the value of the 'work
of the Chinook Is regarded as problemati
cal, for tha report states that the main
changea In depth, have taken place where
no dredging baa been- dona
The estimated coat of tha south Jetty
Is I2.J60.000. The amount previously ap
propriated waa U.100.000, of which StfO.OOO
haa been required for the Chinook. The
total needed, therefore, for the comple
tion of the south jetty is H.U0.000, In ad
Iditlon to-the balance on hand, and the
appropriation ox mis amount is inerexore
recommended.
Of especial Intersst are tha comments
upon the Importance of deepenig and
maintaining the channel between Fort
land and tha sea. Major Langfltt ap
preciates tha Importance of large gov
ernmeh expenditures upon this portion
of ths Columbia And speaka Xf It as fol
lows: . -.;. .i
Work On ths OolomblA.
'A project haa been adopted and tha
work Is now In progress, with a view
of obtaining a depth of 40 feet on the
bar at the mouth of the Columbia river.
and it would now seem that congress
should consider the Improvement of the
channel from Portland to the mouth of
tha river with a view to Its Improve
ment and betterment. The commerce of
the river will naturally Increase if the
bar and river channela contemplated are
secured and maintained, and tha amount
of commerce affected will certainly war
rant tha work necessary to secure a ii-
root channel over thla stretch of river,
Tha river la not now available for ves
sels of ths larger -draft to Portland, and
on thla account It la claimed that con
alderable transport and other business
have been lost to this community.
The sum of 1500,000 Is . therefore
named In the money statement I for ex
provement In the fiscal year 1000, in ad
dition to tha balance available. The
amount required for maintenance la
$125,000, which is needed principally for
dredging, and la eacsentlal for maintain
ing present conditions.
"Ths appropriation of these sums, a
total of U1S.00O. will enable the ex
isting channels to be maintained and a
beginning made on soms of ths perma
nent works of Improvement Included In
the project The full sum of $626,000
should therefore be appropriated without
reduction.'
' aiver Xmprovamanta leads.
River Improvements mads during ths
year, between Portland and tha sea eon-
slated In : deepening the channel by
areaging; in removing ths old revet
ment at Coon Island; In dredslns an
opening - In tha Swan Island dike. In
snagging and In blasting out submerged
rock In tha Columbia opposite La Du.
Tha third great Improvement which
la to bo made In opening tha Columbia
to navigation la the removal of ob
structions at Three Mils rapids and ths
construction of ths Celllo canal, The
history of tha efforts to open this part
of tha river la briefly related In tha re
port various projects have been submitted
during tha past 20 years. Ths first
adopted by tha government was ths
plan for the boat railway, but thla waa
finally abandoned. By act of June $,
ioo, congress directed tha preliminary
survsy for ths construction of canal and
locks. - Thla propeot - was adopted two
years later - and a board of engineers
wss appointed to prepare plana. The
report recites that "the projected im
provement will extend ths benefits of an
all-water route to the sea to points that
ara between 140 and $40 miles distant
therefrom, and which now have or will
undoubtedly develop resources aa fol
lows: Grain, 40,000,000. per annum;
wool, 10,000.000 pounda per annum:"
livestock valued at $1,600,000 per an
num; lumber, white and yellow pine,
$,000,000,000 feet In sight In addition
to tha above there ara products such as
hops, potatoes, fruits and berries, sugar
beets, hay. stc, thst ara now being
produced from about 4.000.000 out of an
estimated total of 0,500,000 acres of
ttllAbK .land."
Canal With locks. . '
Tha project for a canal with locks
from Big Eddy to Celllo snd ths Im
provement ef Three Mile rapids by ths
rsmovsi or rocas in the channel was
approved by tha secrets i-y of war on
November 0, 1I0S. with the proviso that
"no work Shall be begun until the rlsht
of way and release from damages have
been conveyed to the United States free
of cost."
The report recites that the work of
acquiring tha right of way waa under
taken by the suite land board, which
haa secured agreements from all but ons
of ths ownara of the land required.
In this case condemnation proceedings
have bsen Instituted nd an early set
tlement Is anticipated."
A contract Waa let last April to Robert
Wakefield of Portland for the removal
of submerged rocks in Three Mile raplda.
No work haa yet been done under this
contract owing to tha high water In the
Columbia river. Funds sre available for
beginning work upon the canal aa soon
as ths right of. wy has been -secured.
It Is recommended thst tha whole work
should be placed under the contlnulna
contract system, botfl. because -of its
Importance to the Inhabitants of eastern
Oregon and Washington-end because of
tha saving In coat It la estimated that
$714,000 can be profitably expended on
thla work during tha next fiscal year
and the appropriation of this sum Is
thersfors asked.
TO Complete Work At Cascades.
For the completion of the locks at the
Caacadea It Is estlmsted ' thst about
$100,000 la required. The report gives a
detailed statement of ths traffic passing
through ths Cascade locks during ths
fiscal yesr just ended.
Tha Improvement of the upper Col
umbia and Snake rlvera haa received
much attention from the government en
gineers. Between Rlparla and Lewis
ton, a strstch of 72 miles, tha channel
la obstructed by gravel shoals. Aa the
government had no suitable plant for
work on theae shoals, and aa Immediate
action was urgent for ths relief of the
fruit growers, ths O. R- A N. steamer
Norma has been leased and equipped
with A heavy harrow-like rake. This
waa dragged over the shoals snd, aided
by tha action of the current, it deepened
the channel temporarily.
It la expected to carry on tha work by
operating tha dredge now , under con
struction during ths period of low wster
each year. At other points-on the Col
umbia and Snake rlvera blasting crews
have been put to work to remove rocks
from the channel.
But little work has been done on the
upper Willamette 'owing to, the lack of
funda. The repext recommends that
further work upon tha Long Tom river
be dropped, aa the benefits to ba derived
are ao email that the liver Is unworthy
or xurtner improvement ; ,
. . Work on Xarbors.
A considerable part of the report la
devoted to the hrbor work Along tha
Oregon coaat ...
Active work haa Veen carried on dur
ing the year at the mouth of the Co
qullle liver. . The north jetty has been
extended aaaward a dlstAncs of li
feet, leaving $1$ feet to be constructed.
Some damage was done last winter by
storms rand s bout 160 zsst of the tram
way was carried away. It Is estimated
that It will cost $4S,000 to complete the
jetty In accordance with the project and
$10,000 more will be needed for repairs.
At ' Coos bay no active operations
have -been carried --on -except -to -make
repairs snd a re-survey of the harbor
Hnea. No Immediate necessity exists
for the resumption of work upon the
jstty. . .
If congress fhould desire to go on
with. the improvement of the Sluslaw
liver an additional appropriation of at
least $70,000 la deemed necessary.
At TaquiBA Bay.
' No work of Importance was done dur
ing the year at Yaqulna bay, Tha north
and south jetty are reported1 to be In
fairly good condition although the
tramways have beon carried away and
would have to be rebuilt If further
work la to be dona. -
The work carried on under the super
vision of Major .Langfitt has been very
extensive and haa Involved an expendit
ure during the year of $704.01 1:7. Thla
total has been expended aa follows:
River and harbor Improvementa,
$801,006.5$; operating and care of ca
nals and other works of navigation.
$4. 847.08s, civilian assistance to enalneer
officers, $1,064.67; fortifications - at
mouth of ths Columbia river,- gun and
mortar batteries, -$24,746.22; preserva
tion and repairs on fortifications, $1,-
07.0; supplies for seacoaat defense.
irui.if; sites ror rortincationa and aes
coast defense, $40; grand total, $700,
011.11. Of thla total. $404,116.01, or
mom than one : half, waa expended at
the mouth of the Columbia In jetty
wors ana in operating me uninook.
DOUGLAS COUNTY TO
HAVE NEW INDUSTRY
(Special Dkpatck to the JooraaL)
Roseburg, Or., July 1$. Seven miles
from this place, on the ranch of Hon.
Plum Cooper, a eyndlcate of Portland
capitalists has in hand a project to de
velop About 100 acres into a lime auarrr.
e-iTmg-rftcsrkre other
ores which may develop In sufficient
quantities to make a paying proposi
tion aside from the lime quarry.
Mr. cooper haa burned the rock suc
cessfully and In fact furnished the lime
that the contractors used In the county
courthouse here.
Efforts are being made to have the
railroad put a switch as near the quar
ry aa practicable. From this awltch It
Is the company s intention to run an
endleas track to the quarry, with the
care working ny gravitation.
Louis A. Greenly of Portland Is su
peiintendlng the enterprise, which will
supply the county with a new Industry.
omxgxAjg cotnrczx. kbxtb.
(Special Dispatch to The J on rail.)
Oresham, Or- July 1$. At the spe
cial council meeting held laat evening
the principal buainess before that body
was the granting of a retail liquor li
cense to E. F. Metsger of this place.
Mr. Metsger' haa been engaged In the
saloon buainess for some time at thle
place. He recently sold his property In
thla place to John Thomas of Fair-
view, who la going to make a great many
alterations of the buildings. Hs haa
almost completed a new building which
will be occupied by E. F. Metxaer. .
The stock ordlnsnce paased by the
council a short time ago haa been post
ed and will become a. law on July 26.
nxTsmzva run ros oouix
(Special Wapatoh to The Journal.)
Colfax- Wash.,- July 16. The contract
for the construction of a filtering plant
for the city water supply has been let
to A Pittsburg. Pa., firm for $2,566. Ths
city Is to furnish a building for the
filtering plant build the clear water
well and bring the water to the pre
cipitating tank and take the water from
the filter to the clear water well. This
work will Incur an expenditure of aev
eral thousand dollars.
A long Chance on Life. !
There are few people who do not de
sire the longest chance on Ufs, - In fact
at ona time there were very few who
knew that Barke Tonur was one thing
that gave people a long chance. Now
moat people know that Barke Tonlo
cures rheumatism In four to ten days,
and that it nsvsr raua to rallsvs and
Anally cure -the worat cases. Barke
Tonlo Is a liver, bowsl snd kidney
cleanser and a blood purifier. It la an
Immediate relief - for constipation. It
costs only 75o per bottle In all drug
stores.
- A New Comer.
The most recent valuable addition to
the Portland commercial world Is the
I'ndorwood Typewriter, a visibls writ
ing, high-grade, machine, one. that em
bodies airthat-te-good-4nthe-old-ttm
blind." or up-aide-down" writing ma
chines, and at. the same time hss none
of the objectionable features so familiar
to operator. ne unaerwooa IS
equipped with a tabulator without
extra cost Ths agency Is located tem
porarily at No. $S Front street and Is
In charge .of competent experienced
typewriter men.
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DESPERADO HARRIS
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(BpecUl Dispatch to The JoarssL)
Colfax,- Wash, July -4 . That Henry
Harris, the Tennessee despsrado, wanted
In Kootenai county, Idaho, for shooting
BrOnaon McNabb at AthoL in Palouse
oountyrJuly S, is concealed by friends
Is ths theory of Sheriff E. L. Whitney
of Kootenai county.i. who haa devoted
two weeks in constantly puraulng him.
Whitney tracked Harris from Athol to
Rathdrum. thence to Oakssdale, Thorn
ton and Rosalia, and then spent the paat
tsn days- In Whitman county endeavor
ing to get further clues as to his where
abouts. . Whitney la now In Spokane and
haa men In Whitman county keeping
watch at placea where the desperado
Is believed to ' be. He expresses the
opinion that It Is only a matter of a
short time before Harris will be appre
hended.
Harris did not remain . long . in the
wooda around Athol. but plunged Into
the forest at the Wear ranch on the
evening of the. shooting, proceeded a
short distance in a south-easterly direc
tion and then made a detour. And pass
ing south of Athol proceeded In-the di
rection of Rathdrum. Ha waa- seen on
the morning following the shooting at
the Spokane bridge between $ and
o'olock.
The man "who ' saw 'him there has
known Harris for years and entered Into
conversation- with him. therefore, cannot
be mistaken.- That evening he atopped
ror a annx at a ranch near Ratndrum.
From there he went southwest over Into
Washington and down Rock creek
through Rosalia to Oakeadale. - Tueadav
night Harris la known to have been At
Thornton, -
Thursday hs was ssen In Rosalia by
tne town marshal, who ordered him out
of town. His identity there waa leaa
certain, but the . description tallies.
There are many Tennesaeeana living in
that part of the country,, and Harris
baa friends and relatives among them
who are thought to be now concealing
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(Special Dispatch to The JoaraaL)
Baker City, Or.. July 16. If the Ladd
Metala company at Mineral City and
the Iron Dyke and Peacock mines In the
Seven Devils cannot get a railroad it la
determined to have transportation any
way better than teams and. this nsw
transportation will serve until a rail
road Is built either from Baker City or
Huntington or both, or from some other
place, according to the atatements made
bare today by P. H. Flynn. manacer of
tne campbeu Transportation company of
t-ortiano. Mr. Flynn said:
"Until a railroad la built down Snake
river from Huntington or from Baker
City to Ballard's ws propose to operate
trains or cars by traotlon enslnea Ws
have just about completed arrangements
to operate trains between, Mineral City
and Nagale, near Huntington, for the
nandimg or ore or the Ladd Metala com
pany, and we also propose to operate
trains rrom the Peacock mine to Lan-
dor and for the Iron Dyke people In
connection with tne Ladd Metala com
pany'a amelter. We use traction e ly
sines almost equal In power to a rail
road locomotive, having drive wheels of
larav uiameier wiin io-incn tires. Ths
engines are themselves ths best kind of
road makers, and after use for a short
time with A. minimum Amount of work
on county roads they keep the roads in
good shape. Nothing la need ao badly
on Snake river aa transportation, and we
are going to furnish it
"We have had an Interview with the
Baker county court and It Ja quite prob
able that the court will at once take
steps to put the main roads in proper
condition ror tne nse or these engines,
because as stated before the engines
themselves are also roa dm alters. The
engines take a nine-foot roadway and
will haul at least $0 tons at A load on
an ordinary road.
"We are alao figuring on putting In
line of transportation with these en
gines between Baker City, and Halnea
for the handling of the stone of the
Northwest Granite company between
the Haloes quarry and ths Baker City
works. Of course we win handle all
kinds of business between the two
points if ws once establish the Una
We will probably operate lines in other
dlrectlona n Baker County. Our en-
glnee have proven en entire success snd
msks a very cheap If slower transporta
tion than railroads. We certainly can
compete with hanling by teams."
At the 0..W. P. Estacada Resort.
Parsons' band' engaged to play Sun
day at the hotel and pavilion located on
the upper Clackamas river. No chares
for dancing. Round-trip rate 60 cents.
Pinner at the hotel (0 cents. Every
thing first clssa
WORK ON ALASKA
CABLE DELAYED
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(Special Plapatch to Ths JnnrnaL) '
Seattle, July 1$. Ths cableship Burn
aids Is expected to arrive off the stralta
of Juan de Fuoa today or tomorrow with
the southern end of the Alaska cable.
It was only after A delay of soms tims
that the Burnalde succeeded In finding
the end of the cable buoyed ,$00 miles
south of Sitka, and' the delay eauaed by
rough weather has carried the date for
the completion of the line two weeks or
more later than had been expected.
The Burnalde caflea only enough
cable to reach the straits and will there
buoy the southern end and go to Taeoma
for enough more submarine wire -to
reach to Seattle, where, the shore end Is
fsstened off Fort Lawton. It 'la hoped
to aend ' messages over . ths completed
cable before the end of he month, and
If there are no unforeaeen delays the
conneotiona will be in working order by
that time.
, WIU 'Be B-otable.
- Gen. Adolphus. Greet y, at ths hsad of
tha signal servloe corps. United States
army, and a number of other high signal
and army officers, .will ba In Seattle At
the time of the completion of -communication
with Alaska over ths government
wire, and the affair will be observed la
a notable manner. ' The plan for a gov
ernment cable to the north is that of
General Oreely, and he haa devoted
much time, attention and aeveral trips
to the ooast and Alaska In ths further
ance of the cable And Alaska telegraph
system.
As soon as the cable Instruments are
In working order at both enda and trans
mitting messsges, the Burnside will take
on several hundred miles ef csble to
connect Skagway and Valdes. and before
fall it Is ax pact ad to have the wireless
spparatus" between St. Michael and
Nome In working order.
With these gaps filled. 'the big all-
American system will be complete, and
Noma, Bt Michael and lower Yukon river
points, Fairbanks and the Tanana. Val
des, Skagway and the soutbeaatern
Alaska polnta will be In communication
with- the states on virtually the same
line. .
The government cable offices have
been opened In the Walker building in
thla city, and there the cable experts
have been -practising with ths Instru
ments and preparing for commercial'
work. Ratea have been- given out and
they sre not considered excessive.
PENDLETON APPOINTS
LEAGUE DELEGATES
. (Special Dlapateh to Ths Journal.)
Pendleton, Or.; July 1 $. Today County
Judge H. J. Bean and President J. A.
Borle of the Pendleton Commercial asso
ciation each appointed 10 delegate to
the convention of the state development
league, that meeta In Portland.
The delegates Include the most prom
inent cltlsene In the county. - Judge
Bean sends each appointee a letter de
claring the purpose of the convention to
be meritorious and Urging him to Attend
and take an active part Mayor Mat
lock Is in Alaska, but J. R. Dlokson, act
ing chairman of the city council, will
confer with the other members and ap
point -10 dslegates Thursday.
CONDITION OF CROPS
irLEfflSXOUNT'
(Special Dtapstcfc .to Tbs Journal.)
Chehalla, Wash., July 16. John Dob-
son has sold tha balance of hla hop crop
to E. J. Smith of Oneonta, N. T at 20
cents per pound. In January Mr. Dob
son sold Mr. Smith 16 tons at 1$ cents,
and the present sals will Include ap
proximately 200 bales. Mr.' Dobson has
the largest yard In the Chehalls district.
two miles west of Chehalla Thla la the
first business In hops here since laat
spring, whsn one or two other 20-cent
sales wsre made for part crops. t
Hops about bare are looking well.
Made
Umhm
'f.,-.-n '"i .-.''i , . i .
Te n i iti - v -. ;
h Suit and Extra Pants
Material, to
$2S.OO
i ; ; " ,: ' ' ; t .. ... , , - .; .. - -. '
Odd Suit lengths and odd Coat and Vest lengths at,
cost of material and making.
Full Dress and Tuxedo Suits at cost of material and
making for a few days only, just to keep our tailors busy
during the dull season. .. . ' - " rl .
Satisfaction guaranteed In all cases. Garments to
order in a day if required.
108 THIRD STREET
U
There are no lice to speak' of, and thus
far SDraylng material haa been at a dis
count. Ths showers of ths paat 24 hours
will freshsn the vines, which, however,
had shown no very bad effects from ths
dry spelL ' . '' -. ; -.
UNITED IN MARRIAGE
AT PLEASANT HOME
(BpacUl Dispatch to The JoarssL)- A
' Oresham, Or, July It. A very quiet
home wedding took; place In Pleasant
Home this wsek at the residence of Mrs.
Phoebe Claggett when her - daughter
Elisabeth waa united In wedlock to Mr,
F. McKenney. The marriage ceremony
was performed by Rev. C. A. Nutley of
Qreaham, who is alao the pastor for the
Union church at Pleasant Home. . Many
costly presents were bestowed upon the
newly wed couple, after which A splen
did reception was given In honor of the
bride. ; ; - .
performed waa prettily decorated And
the bride carried white rosea.
The young couple have gone to Sea
side to enjoy their wedding tour And will
be At home to friends At the residence
of the bride's mother At Pleasant Home
after July 20.
Those present at the ceremony were:
Mrs. Phoebe Claggett, Mr. and Mrs. J.
Q. Stephens of Portland, Mr. and Mrs. B.
C Altman of Maple farm, Mr. and Mra
D. D. Jack. Mr. and Mr a H. C Harris,
Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Wyant. Mra. Louis
Miller and daughter Ida of Pleasant
Home, Miss Blanche Stevens and Mr.
John Flamming of Centralla. Wsah., Mr.
snd Mrs. W. E. Markell of Pleaaant
Horn A . r
in tenement houses
bear the
LA
It guarantees cleanliness. - .See,
that it is r on the box when
purchasingxigarS;
.
Don't Miss
Our Great
Reduction Sale
'We're closing out ends of
bolts and odd lengths, the
accumulation of busy
- season's trade, at greatly
reduced prices. ' It don't
; pay us to carry over goods.
It Wilt Pay You - to Take
Advantage of Our Sale
of Same or Striped
Order, For : ;
HMMWMI
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FIREWATER CONQUERS
' A VENERABLE CHIEF
(Special t la patch -to Tbs Joarsal.)
Pendleton. Or., July 1. Tllllquolts.
A venerable chief of the Umatlllaa, waa
before Police Judge Fits Gerald yester
day Afternoon on a charge of being
drunk end disorderly. He admitted
"drlnkln' urn heap big," and was stoical
untu the court informed him that he
would be given one hour In which to get
back to the reservation.
Then he - half - rose- from hla seat,
gaaed toward the door, sat down again
and nervously, patted hla moocaalned
feet on the floor. Starting to rise again
he caught the Judge's eye and quickly
sank- back In hla chair.
"Urn 1" he finally ejaculated in gut
tural tones, "me no go to JailT"
"Well, If you go home right away IU
let you." aaid Judge Fits Gerald.
Tllllquolts mads a flying Isap for the
door, turning aa he grasped the handle
to promise that he would "eatchura
horaa quick and git." in about a min
ute he had secured his horse and shot
paat the court room enveloped In A
cloud of dust, headed 'for the reserva
tion. ... - ' .
'Schedule of Steamer T. J. Potter.
The seaside steamer T. 3. Potter will
leave Portland. Ash street dock, for
Astoria and Ilwaco as follows:
July It, Tuesday, t. a. m.
July 20, Wednesday, a. xn, . ' , '
July 21. Thursday, a. m.
July 22, Friday, 0 a. m.
July 2$, Saturday, 1 p. m.
Get transportation and berth ticket
at O. R. a-N. ticket erOce. Third, and
Washington streets.
don't
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